Expanding Inclusive and Climate Finance

Viet Nam has taken important steps to strengthen the finance sector and begin to integrate technology into the system through the adoption of a National Strategy for Development of the Digital Economy, National Financial Inclusion Strategy, Plan for Digital Transformation of Banking Sector by 2025 with Orientations Towards 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions on physical movements led to a spike in digital financial transactions. However, it has also exposed some weaknesses related to the development of digital finance in the country. To further develop the overall digital transformation of the finance sector, support is needed to address the following key barriers: (i) underdeveloped regulatory framework, (ii) outdated financial infrastructure, (iii) limited collaboration among market players, and (iv) limited capacity and knowledge among key stakeholders The proposed project aims to spur the growth of digital banking and innovative financial services in order to increase overall access overall to finance, especially by SMEs and through the use of fintech. The TA will have the following objectives: (i) policy and regulatory foundations for fintech strengthened and (ii) capacity for digital finance developed.

Qualifications: 
  • Postgraduate degree in finance, accounting, business administration or economics
  • Previous professional experience (a minimum of 10 years) business administration, banking supervision, financial technology, management of a financial institution, organizational development, or other relevant fields
  • Experience in managing similar projects in scope and scale preferred

Scop of work:

  • The expert will work closely with a team of legal experts, digital finance experts, and relevant government staff to ensure the timely delivery of the outputs
  • As the team leader, the expert will develop and oversee the work and ensure effective coordination of all team inputs
  • The team leader will be responsible for the overall delivery of the project and liaise with ADB project team and the government counterpart.
  • The team leader will be responsible for developing and monitoring and evaluation framework for the project and for preparing required reports to ADB, SBV, and the donor
  • The team leader will develop and oversee the effective use of communications to deliver project activities and enhance delivery of key messages to a range of stakeholders.
Start / Duration: 

510 working days over the period of 56 months from October 2023 on. 

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